90's Commercials Vol. 85

These commercials aired on ABC on December 3rd, 1994. Thanks to Nanto for sharing these from his massive collection of old VHS tapes.
1. "After These Messages" Commercial Bumper
2. Frosted Flakes
3. Partnership For A Drug-Free America PSA (Another one of those things I saw a million times as a kid but haven't thought about in forever. HEY GUISE wanna have some fun?)
4. "Free Willy" End Credits
5. ABC Station ID
6. Crayola Jumping Colors Markers
7. Promo for "Wheel Of Fortune"
8. "After These Messages" Commercial Bumper
9. Hot Wheels Top Speed Ultra Pipe Fight Set (PIPE FIGHT! PIPE FIGHT! PIPE FIGHT! I got into a pipe fight as an adult and couldn't walk for a month)
10. Fantastic Sticker Maker
11. Fantastic Color Surprise (Recreate the beauty of nature with our synthetic polymer spray!)
12. "After These Messages" Commercial Bumpers
13. My Pretty TopsyTail
14. Lego Pirates (I had all of these sets)
15. National Safety Council PSA (If you want to be cool, helmets are the rule)
16. Promo for "Bump In The Night"
17. Promo for "Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory"
18. "After These Messages" Commercial Bumpers
19. K'nex
20. McDonald's (With Tonka Truck Happy Meal toys)
21. Secret Keepins Pups (Are they suggesting that children should literally hide their love from others?)
22. Stretch Armstrong
23. Partnership For A Drug-Free America PSA (Creepy)
24. "After These Messages" Commercial Bumpers
25. Micro Machines Super Van City (I didn't have this, but I did have a similar fold-up city thing)
26. "The Lion King" Plush Toys and Playset
27. "Reboot" End Credits
28. ABC Station ID
29. Pringles (Soooo 90's)
30. Promo for "Jeopardy!"

[@imsteph21]

These nostalgic commercials from my childhood are like a therapy for me.

[@iClone316]

This is going to sound weird...but does anyone get incredibly sad and self-reflective watching these older commercials we saw as we grew up? 

[@lovleybones1921]

You would catch me tearing up from just listening to all of the intro's to the theme songs from the old kid's TV shows.Your'e are not alone.. :'/

[@iClone316]

Lovley Bones Cool I'm glad someone else feels this way too

[@asouthernwriter]

FrankGarrett316 Lovley Bones - you're not alone. Esp. when you compare it to what you see on TV today (I rarely watch TV).... One of the best things about the Internet is we can go back and re live the memories! ;)

[@RickyCespedes]

I feel ya man...

[@silentopinion]

I randomly smile when I think of the Super Van City commercial, of course people get curious and I explain. But there are some older people (like 19-20) that ask what are Micro Machines? Then I suddenly whither up and feel old, and I'm only 29.

[@cappslock]

>had adblock on to avoid commercials >goes spesifically to watch commercials

[@WickedEcstasyRs]

lmao

[@gurkanozil]

same here

[@bernicecox5960]

That is because commercials were better back then. Now they really stink. No pizzaz or catchy tunes.

[@fllowerknight]

Fr 😂

[@caligurl1382]

I am tripping because I remember each and every one these of commercials like it was yesterday. All came flooding back. Crazy to think the kids in these commercials are all adults with children of their own now.

[@ThePinkFloyder1000]

Lego Islanders were the first Lego sets I ever got as a kid. For the next 15 years I was hooked on Lego...Why am I not playing with some right now actually?..

[@solomonalvarez6064]

Awwww my childhood miss it so much about to be 27 wishing i could turn back the clock.

[@voodooroller]

How are your 30s treating you?

[@TheNickyt123]

its funny back in the day I hated commercials, just wanted to watch the show, but i find myself watching them now for fun haha

[@Koide9]

That K'nex roller coaster was my best Christmas gift for years.

[@SSKMusicBeats]

K'nex >>>>>>

[@proudtobedarkandlovely9714]

The 90s was so colorful

[@xlilmari102]

Ikr

[@holyshard530]

That pulling your strings PSA has a nice beat to it!

[@perkincity50]

I really missed the 90's broadcast, todays comercials are not as good as these ones

[@RyanSellman1]

Today's commercials SUCK!

[@mastersnet18]

You're right now that u think about it we really did move around a lot more than kids these days. I remember playing tag, freeze tag, hide and seek, mother may I, Simon says, red light green light, four square, jump rope, double Dutch jump rope, Chinese jump rope, and the two that many schools have now banned: red Rover and Dodge ball.

[@asouthernwriter]

A lot of schools these days barely have recess anymore. I remember when we at least had free play 3x a day - then went home and had an extended one. Even thought we had TV's, we still managed to play outside.

[@silentopinion]

I was thinking about it today, what is one thing you don't see these days? I'll give a couple hints, the distance between two streetlights (or whatever some other kids used), a football, and an amount of kids; even or odd (in that case, one kid was quarterback for both sides)? Easy, street football. Kids these days don't know how fun it was to sweat our asses off and be active.

[@asouthernwriter]

silentopinion - so true, and sadly even in school, many don't know how to. They even banned some of the games from schools.

[@rokosue]

The only way we can change that is to teach our kids the cool outside games when there little maybe the neighborhood kids will join in. It seems like cellphones have taken over play time. It's sad really.

[@aliciacleeland1624]

I had the kissing sweet heart Cubs, but I remember when McDonald's toys were awesome! now they're just crap like a stuffed emoji? okay!

[@valkasolidor6727]

The average Frosted Flakes commercial: "Gee Tony, I don't think I can beat those big guys!" "Don't worry Timmy, I'm a 600 pound Bengal tiger!"

[@skystarless]

I used to Topsy Tail my hair even though I didn't have the tool to do it with. It's not that difficult to do so the tool was kind of a ripoff. I had no idea there was a Free Willy cartoon. Mind: blown. I think 1994 was the last year I watched Saturday morning cartoons, and by then I was watching CBS exclusively. After '94 I was either sleeping in on Saturdays or watching Nickelodeon.

[@LoonyLuna48]

I know this is going to be WEIRD but I lost my first tooth that day. How do I know? I was seven years old, it was December, and Willy Wonka was on TV. My mind is exploding thinking about this.

[@catcubus]

Oh how I loved Bump in the Night!

[@LordChubChub]

"ReBoot is online and coming up next" ...and cue my tears

[@packleader1215]

I think we use to play outside more than inside because of all the cousins being close and there would be a lot of kids on the block. Plus, our parents bought us toys that needed space. Besides bikes and scooters, there were other things we did like all kids of tag, red light - green light, hide and go seek. Great times.

[@libbywhitley6630]

being born in 81" these bring back memories.

[@SabrielOrion]

My sister had those Lion King sweetheart cubs, and my brother had the stretch Armstrong. This is making me feel old. O.o

[@silentopinion]

Ah, the anti-drug commercials, almost forgot about them.

[@silentopinion]

I found one of my Christmas lists from this era and I could not for the life of me remember what the Pipe fight was, now I see. I miss being a kid and wanting everything, but I am glad knowing that I would of been bored if I did. But I still wish I had every Micro Machine there was as well as the play sets.

[@silentopinion]

***** Well, you did see DARE stickers all over the place, but after I left the second middle school I went to, like way after high school graduation, the school started drug testing and kicked every kid who failed out. They were praised, but I thought that was wrong. In my opinion, schools have no business stick their noses in students personal lives. I don't condone drug use when one is a kid, but I can't judge, I used to get high back then.

[@skatedancegirl1609]

Man I miss the cartoons on ABC . Yay for being born in 93 !

[@erirosesan]

I remember all of these! Such awesome memories!!!!! I wanted that Super Van City so bad! lol

[@Jukesette]

When cartoons actually played on Saturday morning. *SIGH* :)

[@timothysprengeler4071]

Saturday morning cartoons are back, thanks to Me TV (which is available over the air in many parts of the country)! As of 2021-22 we get half an hour of Popeye (the original 1930's-40's series), a half hour of the Pink Panther/The Inspector/Roland and Rattfink, a full hour of miscellaneous MGM cartoons (always with 2 or 3 Tom and Jerry episodes), and a full hour of Looney Tunes.

[@Desslar]

@@timothysprengeler4071 That's cool, but would be nice to have some adventures series as well.

[@shellyray6692]

I'm 21 and I still want that fantastic sticker maker lol.

[@Aleksei5055]

I MISS THE 90s!!! My childhood was so much fun and now kids are so missing out with all these crappy cartoons and no one plays outside anymore....

[@carleec8124]

unfortunately the anti-marijuana commercials didn't work..

[@KellyOKellyComedy]

All I was thinking was that I'd like to hide some weed in that secret dog thing. haha

[@asouthernwriter]

KellyOKellyComedy - funny they went all out with weed in the 90's, but look at all of the prescription drug commercials we have today - with LOADS of side effects included with the commercial. lol

[@RyanSellman1]

+ASouthernWriter (JJTV) And not to mention the lawyer ads about some of those meds.

[@alexo.6557]

Carlee C depends if u do it everyday i consider u as bad as an alcoholic.

[@Beatngu23]

It worked in me...but I got hooked on prescription opiates and then Heroin, and Fentanyl. I'm 5 years clean now. But weed should've been the last drug that they were worried about. "Gateway drug" yeah right...prescription pills were the gateway drug.

[@territorygal]

Oh gawd, I remember the topsy-tail craze. I think I might even have the little plastic device stashed away in a box somewhere.

[@OinariKanji]

Damn, I was 4 years old in 1994. Makes me kind of sad.

[@katherinerichardson2273]

OinariKanji same I'm 26 since November

[@OinariKanji]

I'm 28

[@ZanaB33z49]

kid in the Drug -Free America PSA looks like Harry Potter IMHO LOL

[@asdfpsy]

AHHHHH STRETCH ARMSTRONG!!!.....mine ended up ripping and the oooze started to seep out ;(

[@gurkanozil]

juh stretch it too far huh

[@Rabbitearsblog]

Aw man! I remembered the What a Mess bumpers! They were awesome!!

[@dog8668]

These drug commercials are so creepy

[@SSKMusicBeats]

I think Travis Scott should do a video based on that puppet one lol

[@ExotiqBeautii]

Fantastic Color Surprise! LOL I had that shit! My flowers always came out extra soggy because I would go spray-happy on those bitches! lol

[@QueenK88]

Vani Jay lol

[@MxAxRxK]

Hell yeah! I had a super van city! Still have it somewhere.

[@LoveMyNails26]

how does stretch arm strong do it? Corn Syrup, that's how...lol

[@trillfa9774]

Exactly! He makes quite a mess if he busts open.

[@pookiepiemoonpoop]

Omg!!! Sticker maker! I had one of those! Good ole' days!

[@pookiepiemoonpoop]

Wow. I commented on this 5 years ago. I was gonna comment the same thing too. 😂🤦‍♀️

[@SICKSxNINE]

I ate frosted flakes before my hockey game when I was a kid, just because the commercial made me feel like I'd get super powers. The only thing it did was make me throw up.

[@timothysprengeler4071]

That Frosted Flakes commercial is about the only one I recognized here (I was a young adult in this decade and wasn't watching these types of shows), but that jingle is a classic.

[@LenaAndreia]

HAH! I had that "Fantastic Flower Surprise". I was finding those plastic flower pieces all over my room for YEARS. The "color changing" properties of the flowers themselves had this lovely habit of getting mottled and gross looking after a while. Secret Keepin's pups--I ended up having to kill mine after I lost the key and couldn't recover the game boy games I'd hidden in its belly. I was at Walmart the other day, and I saw a bunch of Lion King plushies that look just like ones shown here.

[@beka2chery]

i bought those Crayola Jumping Colors Markers and expected it to happen like the commercial ........i cried

[@packleader1215]

Even these commercials are showing kids outside or actively moving their bodies. That was us.

[@SickCityDaggersfan]

only on these videos are there no youtube arguments. Pats on the back, all around!

[@catgirl_eva]

I wanted Super Van City so much. I think I got it for Christmas 1996.

[@erirosesan]

Jonathan Domenech Same here! Only I never got it :( lol

[@BCEFilms]

I know it's not the same kid but ZACK ZACK HE'S A LEGO MANIAC!

[@Kohdok]

The bumpers with the dog were for a show called "What-A-Mess"

[@DanZero77]

FREE WILLY had an animated series? By 1994, I was only watching ABC for Reboot and the Looney Tunes. Un-freaking-real how Saturday morning TV changed in 20 years. My birthday would be the following day (and my driver license test would be on Monday)!

[@toonhead2]

Awesome collection!

[@DanZero77]

I had no idea about Free Willy either. I'd only watch ABC for Reboot then keep it on CBS for their far superior lineup with Garfield and then return to ABC for the old Looney Tunes cartoons.

[@KraXoom]

You know... These toys were never as fun as they made them seem in these commercials. I remember being HIGHLY disappointed with that Stretch Arm Strong.

[@xPUNISHER84x]

Gotta love the Lego commercials....lol

[@LoveMyNails26]

oh my god, I was 8 in 94. lol god this makes me feel weird watching this again..lol

[@Pugslee3]

I would have been very jealous of you. I did not loose my first tooth until 1997 at age 9!

[@trcdiver101]

"dad only i have the key!" dad: smiles/looks inside

[@neslink]

7:08 God, this commerical have creeped me out as a kid and it still creeps me out today. I wish they showed this instead of what they been showing lately.

[@holyshard530]

Yeah, and give it a more Intense (and really catchy) soundtrack! SERIOUSLY SOMEONE MAKE A SONG OUT OF THE ORIGINAL!

[@lolgal1996]

OMG, I have that exact lego set at 4:04 but one of my aunts/uncles decided to take a bite out of one of the plates. And most of the pieces are missing, my grandparents did have it since 1994.

[@dnasty312]

:O I think I watched that airing of 'Willy Wonka'! My first time

[@Blackavelli202]

Man, there were so many anti-drug commercials specifically for Marijuana. I'm not surprised that I smoked a ton of weed during my high school years. The irony of that is that I was in the "Say No To Drugs Club" in elementary school.

[@holyshard530]

Say no? Well WHY DID YOU SAY YES?!?!

[@looneytunes9000]

What memories...

[@darthozman77]

Also, the last show around the 9:30 mark clearly says published 1991 in the credits. I can't tell what show the credits is to, but that ending theme sounds so familiar, it's embedded into my memory. I imdb'd the voice actors but can't find a show that they all did together except Sonic the Hedgehog show, but that definitely isn't the right ending theme.

[@eascec8374]

I lived in the Chicago Area for a long time!

[@katherinerichardson2273]

I've never heard of these TV shows either probably cause I didn't usually have cable as a kid

[@liztrainer895]

Katherine Richardson t ry. eBay , u might find it their.

[@swoletrain44]

If you are left with only two words....Lego Mania.

[@tepleno3394]

Lol those hotwheel things that never worked...

[@darthozman77]

90s, because I remember Bump in the Night. I was born in '88, so no way it was before '93 or '94. I never could keep up with plot to Bump in the Night. I liked the Sylvester and Tweety show back then tho.

[@lolgal1996]

I swear my 5th grade teacher had K'nex rubberband racers to learn about motion.

[@mixounette]

@LoonyLuna48 That's an awesome anecdote! Thanks for sharing.

[@mungus4246]

Anyone know what the show is called that keeps saying, "After These Messages?" and "Back to the Show". The one with the crazy dog?

[@JC-yy8iv]

It's not a show, that was just the "going to commercial break" spot for the ABC Saturday morning block.

[@Sandlot1992]

at 7:09 why wasn't this creepy PSA shown on one of the HelloImaPizza top scariest PSAs list?

[@jackclark4960]

It was

[@blugreen123]

those "Fantastic" sets were always such a pain to put together, & not nearly as cool as they looked on TV I remember when that "topsy tail" hairstyles were so popular. this doll helped make that trend bigger those Secret Keepins Pups creep me out. They're eviscerated so you can store your trinkets inside them!

[@laikarocket]

Got to be honest, a lot of these toys look so cheap and crappy that it seems like this was just how they got rid of excess plastics without throwing them away. But, of course, when I was a kid getting these toys, I didn't give a shit.

[@blind_t2]

right? as a kid, we were all like, I don't give a fuck! it looks cool, let's get it! as adults, we're now like, why did I get it back then again? good times!

[@jennymarie669]

I wanted those crayola jump markers

[@Yoyoyoshii]

This makes me wanna be a teen in the 90s /:

[@TurdDoodlesworth]

I remember wanting that van city thing so bad. I never got it. I'm kind of glad now. Looks like a crappy toy that would break easy.

[@TheBirdsrule]

i would of loved topsy tail and secret pup

[@lovestobake1234]

i had one of those sticker things and my mom made me give it to goodwill cause she kept washing my shirts with stickers on them and runing them -_- if i had that thing today it would be bad fuckin ass

[@AdamSmithNES]

PIPEFIGHT!!!

[@pinya4020]

i want to be born in the 90s D:

[@lolgal1996]

I was -6 in 1994 :D

[@80sfreak1983]

Me 2 I even still have mine.

[@gamble777888]

The irony is that all those commercials are sponsored by "A Partnership for a Drug-Free America" an organization that was heavily funded by cash donations from most of the big tabacco and alcohol companies. Whose pulling those strings again?

[@Barber747]

@LoonyLuna48 Wow you actually remember that?! :P And FTR I was the same age too.

[@opheliamoonstone]

I had the lego pirate set!

[@anniesmith5953]

I made so many damn stickers. Seriously. I got like 4 refills on that stupid thing. So. Many. Stickers.

[@topherdavid420]

Pipe Fight... Pipe Fight... PIPE FIGHT... lmfao... O I can't believe I was forced to watch this shht as a kid...

[@poopooplatter9006]

wow pot used to be the scariest thing.

[@alexo.6557]

those anti drugs and school drugs programs worked 👏 27 and never done drugs.

[@gskeen1992]

they dont even show hamburgers in McDonalds happy meal commercials anymore....

[@SailorAnna1]

I'd wish Hasbro would bring back Secret Keepin's Plush. If they can bring back Puppy Surprise they can bring back Secret Keepin's Plush. :(

[@jcsimbulan8395]

who thought of Rackaracka when the macdonalds commercial came on

[@lolgal1996]

My uncle did, apparently.

[@blackrose86lh]

Any one else have a mom who made her a topsy tail with a wire coat hanger?

[@Joisu121]

@tcm112280 lol I never did drugs. same thing I did that in elementary school. lol I was just thinking that those clubs were pretty effective but then I saw your comment lol

[@opheliamoonstone]

It's so messed up that all the building toys are heavily marketed to boys... as if girls can only play with sparkle dolls.

[@specterkev]

man i remember used to make fun of stretch armstrong's voice.. stop!!

[@Desslar]

I'm guessing that's Frank Welker doing the voiceover. It sounds very close to his voice for Scooter on The Gobots.

[@Sxge777]

Free willy

[@jackglossop4859]

The toys looked so amazing in the adverts but were SO disappointing in the flesh. The only decent thing on there was the k'nex and the Lego, the rest is crap.

[@80sCommercialVault]

Micro Machines were awesome, your opinion is invalid

[@MrJosh5191]

You guys see the illminati emblem # 4:20

[@silvermoon880]

The Lion King was the 90s Frozen, wasn't it? Over advertised and never ending merchandise...

[@80sCommercialVault]

Not really? 1994 was the year it was released.

[@Czech91]

The first thing I did with stretch Armstrong s was pull their heads off